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Friday, March 19, 2010

Game review: Magic (49-21) 108, Heat (35-34) 102 OT

The Magic, after blowing a 12 point lead with 5:07 remaining in the game, outscored Miami 13-7 in overtime for the win, as all five Magic starters scored in double figures, led by Vince Carter's 27 points and 6 assists. The Magic survived a 36 point night from Dwyane Wade of the Heat.

The Magic ended the first quarter on a 8-1 run to take the lead 29-25 going into the second. The Magic led 38-32 before the Heat went on a 15-3 run to lead 47-41 with 4:09 remaining in the half, but the Magic tied the game at halftime 54-54. Dwight Howard committed his fourth foul 12 seconds into the third quarter, and sat the rest of the quarter as a result. The Magic played well without Howard, leading by as many as 76-69 before going into the fourth with a 76-71 lead. The Magic extended their lead to 88-76 with just over 5 minutes remaining, but went scoreless for 3:46 as the Heat went on a 12-0 run to tie the game at 88. Both teams took the lead in the final 1:21 but couldn't hold their lead as the game went into OT tied at 95. The Heat shot just 1 for 6 in the OT as the Magic took the lead for good at the 2:48 mark.

-Dwyane Wade scored his 36 points on 12 of 26 shooting and also added 10 rebounds and 7 assists-Two other Heat players finished in double figures, with Jermaine O'Neal scoring 14 points, 6 rebounds, 5 blocks and former Magic PG Carlos Arroyo with 11 points, 5 assists-J.J. Redick led the Magic reserves with 8 points on 3 of 4 shooting, Marcin Gortat added 6 points, 5 rebounds, and Jason Williams added 5 assists-The starting Magic frontcourt outscored the starting Heat frontcourt 47-30, held them to 10 of 32 FG shooting, and outrebounded them 31-13-Howard played just 31 minutes due to his foul trouble, while Barnes, Lewis, and Carter each played 40+ minutes-Howard picked up his 15th technical foul of the season in the overtime